I don't shy away. We were up one. I had the same shot in Portland and it doesn't go in, and (last night) it does. That's how funny this game is. You got to stay with it and don't lose faith. |
I don't think we were surprised. We are fighting every day to be consistent. |
I feel alive mentally and physically, ... I was real excited right there at the end. |
I got a little contact, but I didn't get enough. |
I got fresh legs. We understood what was at stake. We didn't want to go out on the road, losing a game after a long layoff. |
I gotta give our guys credit. They could have folded the tent. But we fought back. |
I have a lot of options, and one of them is staying in New Jersey, ... We're going to play them all out and see what happens. |
I have mixed emotions, ... I'm sad to be leaving Dallas. I thought we had a good opportunity here. At the same time, this is my job. Wherever I play, I'm going to give 100 percent. This is the business side of the job. |
I hope everybody still is confident that we can turn everything around. But in this league everybody becomes fragile when things don't go well. We'll soon find out. |
I just thought at that point we tried everything except going small. (Bosh) was getting all his points on the perimeter. I just suggested it to the coaching staff. I didn't know if they would go to it. |
I know I had a chance to get a triple double and that doesn't come every night. I probably played a couple more minutes than I should have. I was telling coach to leave me in and give me the opportunity. It presented itself, I got it, and nobody got hurt. |
I like our chances with this team. |
I never play 82 games, not with the way I play. My body takes such a pounding. When I came in this league and didn't play 82, so it's not that important to me now. |
I rather it happen now than Game 7 in the Finals or an important game. I am not trying to downgrade this game as not important but those type of things happen. We have counted on Vince in the two years that he has been here and he has room for error. |
I think (our execution) has been under scrutiny of late and it starts as a team. We all support one another and I thought tonight was a great example of those guys coming off the bench and giving us a big lift. |